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Re: Which constructions to include?
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Dec 19, 2006 3:32 AM
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Hi John,
I just started poking around. These look good and I may refer them to my students. One early quibble:
The incircle construction says:
"Place the compass at the incenter and adjust the radius to touch the circle."
I think if you are doing a classical construction, you need to construct the perpendicular first - since setting the compass to just touch the side is not a defined point. (It sure is tempting though.)
Rich Kleinschmidt
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From: John Page <jpage@mathopenref.com>
> I am the author of the Math Open Reference on the web, and one the more popular
> chapters in the constructions at
> http://www.mathopenref.com/tocs/constructionstoc.html
>
> My question is: do I have the right set of pages? I am concerned that the ones
> I have not yet done are not important, and that I am missing some that are.
>
> Any opinions?
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